Joyce DiDonato begins the new year with a special concert tour through Spain entitled “In my solitude.” The tour will include three concerts – stopping in Oviedo, Barcelona, and Madrid – with pianist Craig Terry accompanying DiDonato in a fantastic program ranging from classical to jazz music. The program also presents exciting song arrangements by Mr. Terry, which are featured on DiDonato’s critically acclaimed album “Songplay.” Learn more about Joyce’s “Songplay” album via her Recordings.

Concert dates:

January 8, at the Auditorio Príncipe Felipe in Oviedo
January 10, at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona
January 13 at Teatro Real de Madrid

Program:

Joseph Haydn:  Arianna Naxos
Mahler:  Rückert-Lieder  (Ich atmet ‘einen linden Duft, Liebst du um Schönheit, Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder, Um Mitternacht, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen)
Johann Adolph Hasse:  Morte al Fiero I aspetto
Georg Friedrich Händel:  É pur così in un giorno … Piangerò la sorte mia
Hector Berlioz:  Je vais mourir … Adieu, Fière cité  (Les Troyens)

Caro mio ben  – Giuseppe Giordani. Arrangements by Craig Terry
Se tu m’ami / Star vicino  – Alessandro Parisotti / Salvator Rosa (Booklet Paolo Antonio Rolli, Translation: Kenneth Chalmers / Ray Granlund). Arrangements by Craig Terry
(In My) Solitude  (Music by Duke Ellington, lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills). Arrangements by Craig Terry
La Vie en Rose . Arrangements by Craig Terry

Photo by Chris Singer